Norma Shearer

Personal Info

Birthday

August 10, 1902

Day of Death

1983-06-12

(80 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Also Known As

Edith Norma Shearer

Queen Norma

Norma Sherer

The First Lady of MGM

Norma Shearer

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edith Norma Shearer (August 10, 1902 – June 12, 1983) was a Canadian-American actress.

Shearer was one of the most popular actresses in North America from the mid-1920s through the 1930s. Her early films cast her as the girl next door, but for most of the Pre-Code film era, beginning with the 1930 film The Divorcee, for which she won an Oscar for Best Actress, she played sexually liberated women in sophisticated contemporary comedies. Later she appeared in historical and period films.

Known For

Way Down East

The Women

That's Entertainment!

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

He Who Gets Slapped

Marie Antoinette

Idiot's Delight

Escape

Filmography

2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2007
Girl 27
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Judy Garland: By Myself
as Self (archive footage)
Checking Out: Grand Hotel
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Kid Stays in the Picture
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1996
Joan Crawford: Always the Star
as Self (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1990
You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
as Self (archive footage)
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1942
Her Cardboard Lover
as Consuelo Croyden
We Were Dancing
as Victoria Anastasia Wilomirska
1940
Escape
as Countess Ruby von Treck
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
as Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
as Self
1939
The Women
as Mary Haines
From the Ends of the Earth
as Self
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
as Norma Shearer
Idiot's Delight
as Irene Fellara
1938
Marie Antoinette
as Marie Antoinette
Hollywood Goes to Town
as Self
Another Romance of Celluloid
as Self (uncredited)
1937
The Romance of Celluloid
as Self (archive footage)
1936
Romeo and Juliet
as Juliet
Master Will Shakespeare
as Juliet (uncredited)
1934
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Elizabeth Barrett
Riptide
as Lady Mary Rexford
1933
Going Hollywood
as Herself - Premiere Clip (archive footage)
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
Strange Interlude
as Nina Leeds
Smilin' Through
as Kathleen / Moonyeen
1931
The Christmas Party
as Herself
Private Lives
as Amanda Prynne
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
A Free Soul
as Jan Ashe
The Stolen Jools
as Owner of Stolen Jewels
Strangers May Kiss
as Lisbeth Corbin
1930
Let Us Be Gay
as Kitty Brown
The Divorcee
as Jerry
1929
Their Own Desire
as Lucia 'Lally' Marlett
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self / Juliet
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Fay Cheyney
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mary Elizabeth Dugan
A Man's Man
as Norman Shearer (uncredited)
1928
A Lady of Chance
as Dolly Morgan
The Actress
as Rose Trelawny
The Latest from Paris
as Ann Dolan
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Kathi
1927
After Midnight
as Mary Miller
The Demi-Bride
as Criquette
1926
Upstage
as Dolly Haven
The Waning Sex
as Nina Duane
The Devil's Circus
as Mary
1925
His Secretary
as Ruth Lawrence
The Tower of Lies
as Glory/Goldie
Pretty Ladies
as Frances White
A Slave of Fashion
as Katherine Emerson
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
The End of the World
as Mary Ellen Hope
Waking Up the Town
as Mary Ellen Hope
Lady of the Night
as Molly Helmer / Florence Banning
Excuse Me
as Marjorie Newton
1924
He Who Gets Slapped
as Consuelo
The Snob
as Nancy Claxton
Married Flirts
as Norma Shearer (uncredited)
Broken Barriers
as Grace Durland
Empty Hands
as Claire Endicott
Broadway After Dark
as Rose Dulane
Blue Water
as Lillian Denton
The Wolf Man
as Elizabeth Gordon
The Trail of the Law
as Jerry Vardon
1923
Lucretia Lombard
as Mimi Winship
The Wanters
as Marjorie
Pleasure Mad
as Elinor Benton
The Devil's Partner
as Jeanne
Man and Wife
as Dora Perkins
A Clouded Name
as Marjorie Dare
1922
Channing of the Northwest
as Jess Driscoll
The Taming of the Shrewd
as Rose Del Mar
The Bootleggers
as Helen Barnes
The Man Who Paid
as Jeanne Thornton
1920
The Restless Sex
as Reveler at Artists Ball (uncredited)
The Stealers
as Julie Martin
Torchy's Millions
as (uncredited)
Way Down East
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
The Flapper
as Schoolgirl (uncredited)
1919
The Star Boarder
as Big V Beauty Squad Member (uncredited)